Weekly Dev Tips

Show Resources and LinksAndrew Lock's blogASP.NET Core in Action by ManningFollow Andrew on TwitterYour Words are Wasted by Scott HanselmandevBetterArdalis BlogThat's it for this week. If you want to hear more from me, go to ardalis.com/tips to sign up for a free tip in your inbox every Wednesday. I'm also streaming programming topics on twitch.tv/ardalis most Fridays at noon Eastern Time. Thank you for subscribing to Weekly Dev Tips, and I'll see you next week with another great developer tip.

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I'm your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 74 with guest Claire Novotny.On the Dot Net FoundationThis week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.This week my guest is Claire Novotny, Executive Director of the .NET Foundation. We're going to spend a few minutes talking about the foundation.Show Resources and Links.NET FoundationdevBetterArdalis BlogThat's it for this week. If you want to hear more from me, go to ardalis.com/tips to sign up for a free tip in your inbox every Wednesday. I'm also streaming programming topics on twitch.tv/ardalis. Thank

On Code CommentsThis week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.On Code CommentsClaudio and I discuss code comments and how Claudio's thoughts on them have evolved over the last 15 years or so.Show Resources and LinksClaudio's blogClaudio on twitterNotes and Links from this EpisodedevBetterArdalis BlogThat's it for this week. If you want to hear more from me, go to ardalis.com/tips to sign up for a free tip in your inbox every Wednesday. I'm also streaming programming topics on twitch.tv/ardalis. Thank you for subscribing to Weekly Dev Tips, and I'll see you next week with another great developer ti

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I'm your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 72 with guest John Papa.GitHub's New Command Line InterfaceThis week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.GitHub's New Command Line InterfaceJohn and I discuss GitHub's new CLI.Show Resources and LinksGitHub CLI DocsTry gh, GitHub's new CLIMoving Express to Azure Functions (Azure Learn Module)devBetterArdalis BlogThat's it for this week. If you want to hear more from me, go to ardalis.com/tips to sign up for a free tip in your inbox every Wednesday. I'm also streaming programming topics on twitch.tv/ardal

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I'm your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis. This is episode 71. This is the first tip I'm recording since going into quarantine lockdown due to the Coronavirus - the last few months were all recorded well ahead of their publication. I hope you're all staying safe and that you're finding these tips helpful. And perhaps you're listening to this from some time in the future, in which case hopefully everything turned out great! Adapter Design Pattern This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com. Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for Developers What is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page. Adapter Design Pattern This week we're going to talk briefly about t

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 70 on Defense in Depth with guest Matt Eland.Defense in Depth with guest Matt ElandThis week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.Defense in Depth with guest Matt ElandThis week's tip is brought to you by guest Matt Eland. Matt is a teacher, writer, and .NET foundation member who focuses on software quality and improving code. Welcome, Matt!Show Resources and LinksMatt on TwitterdevBetterArdalis BlogPluralsight CoursesThat’s it for this week. If you want to hear more from me, go to ardalis.com/tips to sig

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I'm your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis. This is episode 68 with guest Jimmy Bogard. This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com. ## Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for Developers What is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out [devBetter.com](https://devbetter.com/) and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page. # Respawn with guest Jimmy Bogard This week's guest is Jimmy Bogard, author of popular OSS projects AutoMapper and MediatR. And less popular project Respawn. ## Show Resources and Links - [Jimmy on Twitter](https://twitter.com/jbogard)- [devBetter](https://devbetter.com)- [Ardalis Blog](https://ardalis.com/blog)- [Pluralsight Courses](https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/steve-smith) That's it for th

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I'm your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 67 with guest Chris Klug.This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.Abstractions with guest Chris KlugThis week's guest is Chris Klug. Chris is a Swedish .NET developer and Microsoft MVP whom we met up with at NDC London to record this episode on using, and not overusing, abstractions.Show Resources and LinksChris on TwitterdevBetterArdalis BlogPluralsight CoursesThat's it for this week. If you want to hear more from me, go to ardalis.com/tips to sign up for a free tip in your inbox every Wednesday. I

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 66 with a Blazor tip from Carl Franklin of .NET Rocks fame.This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.Building a Blazor Object Picker with guest Carl FranklinThis week's guest is Carl Franklin, host of .NET Rocks and Blazor trainer. Carl and I discuss Blazor in general and look at how to create a generic object picker control for Blazor.Show Resources and LinksCarl on TwitterBlazor Object PickerdevBetterArdalis BlogPluralsight CoursesThat’s it for this week. If you want to hear more from me, go to ard

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 65 on simple and inexpensive A/B testing with Azure, with guest Lars Klint.This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.A/B Testing with Azure with guest Lars KlintThis week's guest is Lars Klint, a well-known cloud expert, speaker, and trainer who works for training company A Cloud Guru.Show Resources and LinksLars on TwitterA Cloud GurudevBetterArdalis BlogPluralsight CoursesThat’s it for this week. If you want to hear more from me, go to ardalis.com/tips to sign up for a free tip in your inbox every

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 64 on team membership with guest Richard Campbell.This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.Team Membership with Guest Richard CampbellThis week's guest is Richard Campbell, known to many .NET developers as co-host of .NET Rocks. He has a tip for us this week on how to participate well within at team.Three concepts:LeadershipAuthorityInfluenceShow Resources and LinksRichard on Twitter.NET RocksdevBetterArdalis BlogPluralsight CoursesThat’s it for this week. If you want to hear more from me, go to ard

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 63 on password managers with guest Troy Hunt.This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.Password Managers with guest Troy HuntThis week's guest is security expert, trainer, and international speaker Troy Hunt. He has some tips to share about how deal with passwords and other secrects.// no transcriptShow Resources and Links1PasswordKeypassdevBetterArdalis BlogPluralsight CoursesThat’s it for this week. If you want to hear more from me, go to ardalis.com/tips to sign up for a free tip in your inbox eve

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 62 on the nature of mapping requirements to our software design and architecture and how we deal with change.This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.Requirements and Change with guest Juval LöwyThis week's guest is Juval Löwy of IDesign. He has a tip for us this week on how we approach writing software. I'll let him introduce himself and share his tips.// no transcriptThanks, Juval! I've included a link to Juval's book, Righting Software - that's RIGHTing, in the show notes. Juval was kind enough t

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis. This is episode 61. # Mise en Place This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com. ## Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for Developers What is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out [devBetter.com](https://devbetter.com/) and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page. # Mise en Place This week I'm happy to introduce Ryan Lanciaux who has a guest tip to share on mise en place. Ryan runs Spaceship Studio LLC, a consultancy specializing in fast and dynamic web and native mobile applications. Take it away, Ryan! (no transcript) Thanks, Ryan! Ryan also recently wrote a blog post on the magic of mise en place if you'd like to learn more. There's a link to it in this episode's 

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 60.How Developers FailThis week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersWhat is devBetter? It's a private group coaching community geared toward accelerating developer careers. We meet weekly for live Q&A sessions and have an active Discord-based discussion the rest of the week. Topics range from coding skills to interviewing and personal branding. Check out devBetter.com and read the testimonials at the bottom of the page.How Developers FailI'm fond of saying "Developers fail in two ways: either we build the thing wrong or we build the wrong thing." I like the word play, which helps make the quote more memorable. It's very similar to the adage that "if you don't like where you work, you can change your organization, or you can change organizations." But it also strikes me that that most developers focus more on one problem than the other. In my experience

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis. This is episode 59, on versioning and semver, with guest Jon Skeet. # Versioning This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com. ## Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for Developers devBetter is a career coaching group I started last year. It gives you direct access to me as well as a group of peers with a diverse range of experience, with a shared goal of improving. We talk about code, careers, and more each week in our private online community and weekly live coaching sessions. Read the testimonials on [devBetter.com](https://devbetter.com/) and see what you think. This week I'm excited to introduce Jon Skeet, who works for Google and is renowned for his Stack Overflow reputation. Jon's going to share some of his knowledge about versioning software, which can certainly be tricky business. I'll let him take it from here. # Versioning with Jon Skeet (no transcript available - some selected quotes) "Versioning is all abo

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis. This is episode 58, on the concept of boundaries, with guest James Hickey. Boundaries This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com. Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for Developers Need to level up your career? Looking for a mentor or a the support of some motivated, tech-savvy peers? devBetter is a group coaching program I started last year. We meet for weekly group Q&A sessions and have an ongoing private Slack channel the rest of the week. I offer advice, networking opportunities, coding exercises, marketing and branding tips, and occasional assignments to help members improve. Read some of the testimonials on devBetter.com and see if it sounds like it you might be a good fit. This week we have our first returning guest, James Hickey. James was on the show earlier for episode 48 on how to accelerate your career. This week, he's back to talk about boundaries withing software systems. James is a software develop

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis.This is episode 57, on the Dependency Inversion principle.Dependency Inversion PrincipleThis week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com.Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for DevelopersNeed to level up your career? Looking for a mentor or a the support of some motivated, tech-savvy peers? devBetter is a group coaching program I started last year. We meet for weekly group Q&A sessions and have an ongoing private Slack channel the rest of the week. I offer advice, networking opportunities, coding exercises, marketing and branding tips, and occasional assignments to help members improve. Interested? Check it out at devBetter.com.Show Notes / TranscriptOk, now we've reached the last and in my opinion the most important of the SOLID principles, D for Dependency Inversion. The Dependency Inversion Principle, or DIP for short, has a longer definition that most of the other principles and is often conflated with the related c

Hi and welcome back to Weekly Dev Tips. I’m your host Steve Smith, aka Ardalis. This is episode 56, on the importance of having a simple way to build, test, and run your application locally. One Step Build Test Run This week's tip is brought to you by devBetter.com. Sponsor - devBetter Group Career Coaching for Developers Need to level up your career? Looking for a mentor or a the support of some motivated, tech-savvy peers? devBetter is a group coaching program I started last year. We meet weekly for group Q&A sessions and have an ongoing private Slack channel the rest of the week. I offer advice, networking opportunities, coding exercises, marketing and branding tips, and occasional assignments to help members improve. Interested? Check it out at devBetter.com. Show Notes / Transcript I've worked on a lot of projects for a lot of different companies and teams. One thing that dramatically increases the friction of becoming productive on a project is the number of manual and often undocumented steps requi